Transforming the professional archetype?: The new managerialism in UK social services

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-531

  Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a   Ackroyd, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archetypes; New public management; Professions; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644447276     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903032000178563     Document Type: Article

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